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33 * Poll-mode driver support for an early release of the PCIE host interface of the Intel(R) Ethernet Switch FM10000.
35 * Basic Rx/Tx functions for PF/VF
37 * Interrupt handling support for PF/VF
39 * Per queue start/stop functions for PF/VF
41 * Support Mailbox handling between PF/VF and PF/Switch Manager
43 * Receive Side Scaling (RSS) for PF/VF
45 * Scatter receive function for PF/VF
47 * Reta update/query for PF/VF
49 * VLAN filter set for PF
51 * Link status query for PF/VF
53 .. note:: The software is intended to run on pre-release hardware and may contain unknown or unresolved defects or
54 issues related to functionality and performance.
55 The poll mode driver is also pre-release and will be updated to a released version post hardware and base driver release.
56 Should the official hardware release be made between DPDK releases an updated poll-mode driver will be made available.
60 * Support for adaptive load balancing (mode 6) to the link bonding library.
62 * Support for registration of link status change callbacks with link bonding devices.
64 * Support for slaves devices which do not support link status change interrupts in the link bonding library via a link status polling mechanism.
66 * PCI Hotplug with NULL PMD sample application
72 * Non-EAL Thread Support
74 * Multi-pthread Support
80 * Architecture Independent CRC Hash
82 * uio_pci_generic Support
88 * Virtio (link, vlan, mac, port IO, perf)
96 * Indirect Attached MBUF Flag
98 * Use default port configuration in TestPMD
100 * Tunnel offloading in TestPMD
102 * Poll Mode Driver - 40 GbE Controllers (librte_pmd_i40e)
104 * Support for Flow Director
106 * Support for ethertype filter
110 * Support configuring redirection table with different size from 1GbE and 10 GbE
112 - 128/512 entries of 40GbE PF
114 - 64 entries of 40GbE VF
116 * Support configuring hash functions
118 * Support for VXLAN packet on IntelĀ® 40GbE Controllers
120 * Packet Distributor Sample Application
122 * Job Stats library and Sample Application.
124 * Enhanced Jenkins hash (jhash) library
126 .. note:: The hash values returned by the new jhash library are different
127 from the ones returned by the previous library.
129 For further features supported in this release, see Chapter 3 Supported Features.